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[Oakman]

Ed Gadziemski wrote:

But I may be wrong about you.

Probably are :sigh: I really am a gentle soul, afraid of loud noises and things that go boomp in the night.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

[Ed Gadziemski]

Oakman wrote:

loud noises and things that go boomp in the night

It would be hard to survive life's little twists and turns if one weren't concerned about them.

[R Giskard Reventlov]

Great response: what on earth did she expect him to say?

me, me, me

[soap brain]

I hope not so much recoil that she hurts her arm. That'd be awful. :( .

[Stan Shannon]

So,basically, you're saying that it is entirely appropriate that the freedom loving people of Iraq should be killing the evil American troops, and that you are taking their side against your own country. We need a word in the English language that describes such an attitude. "Reason" obviously isn't appropriate, but perhaps something that rhymes with that...

Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

[Mustafa Ismail Mustafa]

Oakman wrote:

retarded girls loaded with remotely-controlled explosives to "shop" when all the old ladies are in the market?

The majority are not remote controlled. They do this out of their own accord. Whether they're retarded or not is a different story. My friend, Ashraf Al-Akhras lost his father at his wedding along with a sizable amount of his family and his bride's as well, the woman that did not manage to detonate herself that night was caught a few days later with her belt intact.

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[Pierre Leclercq]

Yeah, and the worst is when some of those people in Irak are funded by nearby countries willing to grab the fruit, working to make it fall down.

You can't turn lead into gold, unless you've built yourself a nuclear plant.

[Oakman]

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

My friend, Ashraf Al-Akhras lost his father at his wedding along with a sizable amount of his family and his bride's as well, the woman that did not manage to detonate herself that night was caught a few days later with her belt intact

I remember that happening. Some folks have suggested that it was one of the most stupid attacks AlQaeda made. My desire to understand what happened made me confront head-on the fact that "middle-east" and or "arab" did not mean "slavering killer." Jordan, though it may not be perfect is a good example of a peaceful arab Muslim state that can and does (whatever the history) accept Israel as a legitimate part of the new middle east.

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

Whether they're retarded or not is a different story.

The only good news there is that the gene pool is being drained. The price in terms of other lives, however, is unacceptable.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

[Stan Shannon]

Pierre Leclercq wrote:

Yeah, and the worst is when some of those people in Irak are funded by nearby countries willing to grab the fruit, working to make it fall down.

But, by Ed's logic, those other countries are merely funding the efforts of freedom loving people around the world to thwart evil American imperialsm. In his ideal universe, the US is merely one nation among equals, all subserviant to the same international agenda.

Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

[Oakman]

Stan Shannon wrote:

So,basically, you're saying

Why did you feel the need to attribute something to Ed that he never said and would reject out of hand? What he actually did say can be argued against by anyone who takes the time to read it carefully. Since he's a bright guy and articulate, shouldn't you pay him the respect of responding to what he wrote instead of setting up a strawman and knocking it down, just to pretend that you are part of this discussion?

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

[Rob Graham]

She makes me recoil...

[Stan Shannon]

Sorry, but I went back and re-read everything very carefully and I'm pretty damn sure my interpreation of what he said is spot on. The man obviously views the political principles I, and many other AMericans, believe in as something that should be opposed by violent resistance eventhough those principles were promoted by a legally elected government and conducted in an entirely legal fashion and carried out by American forcees. He feels that way about me, I feel the same way about him. I'm just more honest about it. I don't try to disquise my treason with platitudes.

Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

[Mustafa Ismail Mustafa]

Oakman wrote:

My desire to understand what happened made me confront head-on the fact that "middle-east" and or "arab" did not mean "slavering killer."

I don't blame you or the thousands upon thousands (if not millions) of people who think that initially. I'd love the chance to deal with those bastards. You see, the way I see it, a killer is a killer regardless of creed, race, ideology and what have you. For such a minuscule number to have tainted the lives of many in such a way is unforgivable. For many governments to be lax in dealing with them, in my books is also unforgivable. I can only hope that evolutions (as opposed to revolutions or outside interference) will come along and depose greedy, selfish, dictators. I can only hope it happens in my lifetime.

Oakman wrote:

he only good news there is that the gene pool is being drained. The price in terms of other lives, however, is unacceptable.

I have to agree with both accounts.

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[Oakman]

Stan Shannon wrote:

I'm pretty damn sure my interpreation of what he said is spot on.

Your interpreation is about as good as your spelling.

Stan Shannon wrote:

The man obviously views the political principles I, and many other AMericans, believe in as something that should be opposed by violent resistance eventhough those principles were promoted by a legally elected government and conducted in an entirely legal fashion and carried out by American forcees.

Please cite one post where Ed said that, or anything like that.

Stan Shannon wrote:

I don't try to disquise my treason with platitudes.

Don't kid yourself. It's not treason, it's just whining. Since I already know everything else you might say, forgive me if I don't pay any attention from here on out.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

[Ed Gadziemski]

Stan Shannon wrote:

you're saying that it is entirely appropriate that the freedom loving people of Iraq should be killing the evil American troops

No. I'm saying if my country were invaded and occupied, I would resist the occupier and it is understandable that some Iraqis have resisted the Americans. The other assholes, those blowing up women and children as part of their centuries-old Shia-Sunni civil war, deserve whatever happens to them. Are you saying that you would not fight if your country was invaded and occupied?

[JimmyRopes]

Oakman wrote:

I really am a gentle soul, afraid of loud noises and things that go boomp in the night.

Not all things that go "boomp" in the night are bad. :~

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[JimmyRopes]

Stan Shannon wrote:

So,basically, you're saying that it is entirely appropriate that the freedom loving people of Iraq should be killing the evil American troops, and that you are taking their side against your own country. We need a word in the English language that describes such an attitude

Sedition, betrayal, treason, and disloyalty come to mind. :rolleyes:

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[Oakman]

JimmyRopes wrote:

Not all things that go "boomp" in the night are bad.

But having been raised in a Christian household, I prefer to hear "Oh God! Oh God!!! Oh Jesus GOD!!!" ;)

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

[Stan Shannon]

Ed Gadziemski wrote:

No. I'm saying if my country were invaded and occupied, I would resist the occupier and it is understandable that some Iraqis have resisted the Americans.

That all depends. If some foreign army were to invade for the purpose of liberating me from the democrat party, I would happily join them.

Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

[RichardM1]

Stan Shannon wrote:

eventhough those principles were promoted by a legally elected government and conducted in an entirely legal fashion and carried out by American forcees

Getting over the American forces part, if the legally elected government of Russia has some good principle that leads them to invade the US, to save us from, say, a republican government that is dismantling our constitution, you would call anyone who fights them a them terrorist? I think a lot of the Iraqis fighting the legally elected Iraqi government (and us) are terrorists, but I bet there are a few real patriots fighting what they really consider to be the invasion of their country and the puppet government that was set up by the invaders. I sure wouldn't be too keen on supporting a government set up by the Russians, even if apparently elected by us. As Al Frankin and Stalin both tell us, it's not the votes that count, it's who counts the vote.

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